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Re: no constants please

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>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lord <lord@xxxxxxx> writes:

Tom> Either way, these "constants" wind up having exactly the same style of
Tom> interface as SCHEME_ENTER_* rather than a special case interface that
Tom> refers to their traditional implementation using immediate
Tom> representations.

OK, point taken.  But why is that a reason to have SCHEME_FALSE()
instead of SCHEME_FALSE?  (Alternatively: why does Scheme allow EQ? to
work on booleans, and use #f instead of (false)?)

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Cheers =8-} Mike
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